Tish Pascual-Ladlad | |
Birth Name: | Maria Leticia Quintina Jimenez Pascual |
Birth Date: | 30 August 1950 |
Birth Place: | Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines |
Disappeared Place: | Paco, Manila, Philippines |
Occupation: | Student journalist, activist |
Alma Mater: | University of the Philippines Los Baños (no degree) |
Awards: | Honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani wall of remembrance |
Maria Leticia Quintina Jimenez Pascual-Ladlad[1] (August 30, 1950 – disappeared November 1, 1975),[2] also known by her nickname Tish,[3] was a student journalist at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) during the Marcos dictatorship, known for being the first woman editor-in-chief of the Aggie Green and Gold, for her community organizing work among farmers in Laguna and Quezon,[4] and for being the first UPLB student to become a desaparecido during the Martial Law regime.[5] [6]
She is honored as a martyr of the Philippines' Martial Law era, having had her name etched on the wall of remembrance at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani.[7] [8] [9] In UPLB, she is honored at the campus' Hagdan ng Malayang Kamalayan memorial.[10]